Simply Two Dinghies

Simply Two Dinghies

at Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Maine painted plein air on July 22, 2023, 7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$150

My plein air setup July 22, 2023 at Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Maine alongside my Icelandic watercolor buddy, Óskar Thorarensen

Three Dinghies Zero Breeze

Three Dinghies Zero Breeze

at Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Maine painted plein air on July 22, 2023, 10" x 8" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$300

Four Dinghies Line Up

Four Dinghies Line Up

at Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Maine painted plein air on July 22, 2023, 7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$150

Five Dinghies Sweeping Line Up

Five Dinghies Sweeping Line Up

at Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Maine on July 22, 2023, painted 12" x 9" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$500

Dinghies, Rowboats, and Skiffs - SAAM

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Dinghies, Rowboats, and Skiffs Docked
at the
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington D.C

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Along the Maine Coast
Isaac Jacob Sanger (1899-1986) American
Color woodcut on paper, 24" x 12" (w x h), 1976

2
Up the River, Late Afternoon, October
Childe Hassam (1859-1935) American
Pastel on paper, 22" x 18" (w x h), 1906

3
Untitled
Howard Russell Butler (1856- 1934), American
Pencil on paper, 6" x 4" (w x h)

4
Anchored
Mary Mullineux (1875-1965), American
Color woodcut on paper, 14" x 12" (w x h), circa 1925-1935

5
Sunday Morning on the Docks (Roundout Creek)
Judson Smith (1880-1962), American
Oil on canvas, 30" x 24" (w x h), 1944-1945

6
A Mixed Race African-American Looking for His Home
Hilliard Dean (1933- ), American
Etching and aquatint on paper, 11" x 7" (w x h), circa 1969
(Note: the title has been updated to replace outdated offensive derogatory usage)

7
Boats on Dry Dock
Paul Puzinas (1907-1967), Latvian-American
Oil on canvas, 40" x 30" (w x h), 1966

8
Untitled
Howard Russell Butler (1856- 1934), American
Pencil on paper, 6" x 4" (w x h)

9
Study for Swimmers Atlanta: Boat
Jennifer Bartlett (1941-2022), American
Watercolor, enamel, pen and ink, and pencil on paper,
20" x 20" (w x h), 1979

10
Group of Three Female Nudes
Carl Newman (1858-1932), American
Drawing

Carl Newman taught figure drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Newman's large, flamboyant images of nude figures often shocked the American public; one of his paintings was removed from an exhibition because too many people complained. When his paintings didn't bring in any money during the Depression his widow resented it, destroying much of his later work. -SAAM curatorial file (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Low Tide Timber Point View

Low Tide Timber Point View

at Timber Point Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, Biddeford, Maine painted plein air on August 5, 2023, 7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$150

A Seaside Shoreline Rocks

A Seaside Shoreline Rocks

at Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Maine, painted plein air on July 22, 2023, 5" x 7" (w x h), 2023, Watercolor, Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$150

Trapped Below Fog

Trapped Below Fog

painted on Monhegan Island, Maine, plein air on July 17, 2023, 7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$150

Nudescape Crossed Legs

Nudescape Crossed Legs

at our drawing group in Kittery, Maine on June 12, 2023, 5" x 7" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$150

Seaweed Floats Below Whitehead

Seaweed Floats
Below Whitehead -
Monhegan

painted on August 10, 2023, 12" x 9" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$400.

Seaweed Floats Below Whitehead II

Seaweed Floats
Below Whitehead -
Monhegan II

painted on August 11, 2023, 12" x 9" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$700

Seaweed Floats Below Whitehead III

Seaweed Floats
Below Whitehead -
Monhegan III

painted on August 11, 2023, 12" x 9" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$400.

No Goat Goat Island - Honors and Sold

 

No Goat Goat Island

view of Goat Island Light in Cape Porpoise Harbor, Kennebunkport, Maine on June 11, 2023, painted in July 2023, 17.5" x 13.5", art, 25" x 21", framed (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Prismacolor waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed. $900 SOLD

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Photo of the marker buoy at the mouth of the Kennebunk River, at 6:00 pm with the incoming tide, between Kennebunk and Kennebunkport, Maine on August 12, 2023:

The Kennebunk River Club 66th Annual Art Show and Sale

A rising tide flows up river,
as art show attendees gather

at the River Club. On my way,
striding, pausing, and pondering,  
a tidal sight premonition:

My watercolor, will it wear
a red dot? Possibly? Oh Buoy!

© 2023 Bruce McMillan

Strange but True Facts
A red dot indicating a sold painting is not a polka dot since a lone red dot requires a dance partner, another red dot, to dance, to polka, but this one is dancing...

Honored:

No Goat Goat Island was selected by the show's poster committee for this year's poster.

In 2019 my watercolor Before Breakfast at the Colony (see the art HERE) was the featured poster art. According to a River Club representative, I'm the only artist to have their art selected twice for the annual show's poster.

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The Kennebunk River Club Annual Show and Sale is held in their two buildings, the one over the tidal river on the left and the one across Ocean Drive on the right, this year, 2023 featuring, 125 artists with one work from each artist, no size limit, and including sculpture.

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Art over the pilings, hence over the Kennebunk River.

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Across Ocean Drive, even more art...

4
Best in Show was In the Warer by K.J. Shows, a life jacket, well painted with a cleaver title, and since this is the River Club, a likely choice.

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Meanwhile, one of the sales agents, taking down the buyers' names after making it official and putting up the red dot.

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No polka but that red dot is dancing.

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The new owners (left and right), the artist (center), and the art behind.

This marks the third consecutive Kennebunk River Club Art Show where my watercolor has sold.

Morning Points to Grassy Timber Point

Morning Points
to Grassy Timber Point

at Timber Point Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, Biddeford, Maine painted plein air on August 5, 2023, 12" x 9" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$400

Plein air in the morning, after leaving off the art for the late afternoon art show and sale at Goose Rocks Beach, Kennebunkport, Maine.

Goose Rocks Beach Association Art Show

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Goose Rocks Beach Association Art Show
August 5, 2023
Two Paintings SOLD

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They placed my ten watercolor paintings in a prime spot at the center of the hall.

2
Goose Rocks Beach Association Community House
19 Community House Road
Goose Rocks Beach, Kennebunkport, Maine

3
I was amused at the color of the greeter's exquisite dress, pointing out that her colorful cobalt green is in my watercolors.

4
Sea Island Study 1
5" x 7"
She and her husband bought this watercolor, the cobalt green in the sea matching her dress.

5
It was a well attended event.

6
Cape Porpoise Lobsterboats Two
5" x 7"
Another couple bought this one, a favorite of mine, nice and loose.

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A 4:00-6:30 pm art show every two years, it was busy and active, a good time... and good sales. And... I painted six paintings plein air on this beautiful sunny summer day after leaving off the art in the morning and before going to the show in the afternoon.

Summer Perkins Cove

Summer Perkins Cove

painted plein air in Ogunquit, Maine, 10 x 8" (w x h), 2023, Watercolor, Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$300

Other Side of the Footbridge

Other Side of the Footbridge

painted plein air in Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Maine, 5" x 7" (w x h), 2023, Watercolor, Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$150

Marginal Way Rocks Study 1

Marginal Way Rocks Study 1

painted plein air in Ogunquit, Maine, 7" x 5" (w x h), 2023, Watercolor, Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$150

Marginal Way Rocks Study 2

Marginal Way Rocks Study 2

painted plein air in Ogunquit, Maine, 7" x 5" (w x h), 2023, Watercolor, Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$150

Marginal Way Rocks Study 3

Marginal Way Rocks Study 3

painted plein air in Ogunquit, Maine, 7" x 5" (w x h), 2023, Watercolor, Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$150

Lobster Car Riding by...

Lobster Car Riding by
Goat Island Light

Goat Island from Cape Porpoise, Kennebunkport, Maine, 11" x 14" (w x h), 2023, Watercolor, Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton selected for light fastness and permanence, and Prismacolor waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$600

Sun Sets on Goat Island Light

Sun Sets on Goat Island Light

Goat Island from Cape Porpoise, Kennebunkport, Maine, 10" x 8" (w x h), 2023, Watercolor, Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton selected for light fastness and permanence, and Prismacolor waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$350

Merely a Passing Cloud

Merely a Passing Cloud

Off Goat Island from Cape Porpoise, Kennebunkport, Maine, 7" x 5" (w x h), 2023, Watercolor, Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton selected for light fastness and permanence, on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$150